Biography

M.D., Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Research Fellow, First Department of Internal Medicine, Kyushu University (-May
1989)

Ph.D. in Medicine, Kyushu University

Resident, Kyushu Kosei Nenkin Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Resident, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Medical Staff, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, Hara-Sanshin Hospital, Fukuoka,
Japan

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pathology and Developmental Biology,
Stanford University, USA

Assistant Professor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University, USA

Professor, Center for Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital
(-2008-06)

Concurrent Associate Professor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University
(-2009-12)

Professor, Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Graduate School of
Medical Sciences, Kyushu University (-2025-03)

Director, Kyushu University Hospital (-2022-03)

Vice President, Kyushu University

Director, Life Science Innovation Realization Hub, Kyushu University

Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University (-2024-12)

Research Professor, Kyushu University

President of Kyushu University

The Cheryl Whitlock Prize (Stanford University)

New Investigator Award in Massachusetts Medical Foundation

The 1st JSPS Prize
"studies on lineage commitment from hematopoietic stem cells"

The 3rd Japanese Society of Hematology Award
"Elucidation of the mechanisms regulating maintenance and differentiation of normal and malignant hematopoietic stem cells"

The 1st Toyokazu Ohtawara Memorial Award
"Studies on human hematopoietic and leukemic stem cells and establishment of their analytical systems"

The 29th Matayoshi Nagayo Memorial Award
"Elucidation of the mechanisms underlying the establishment and maintenance of human hematopoietic cancer stem cells"